Every year, Virginia undergraduates who demonstrate financial need get a part of their tuition covered by the student financial assistance program (VSFAP). The amount of money allocated to financial need students has actually been rising steadily over the past few…
For the past few years, a group of Virginia state legislators have repeatedly attempted to restrict out-of-state enrollment in the Commonwealth’s public universities. “This is something I hear from my constituents over and over again,” Barbara Comstock, a Republican delegate…
At a regularly held budget forum on Oct. 10, two senior university officials painted an optimistic picture of the future of Mason’s finances, but emphasized that many challenges remain. Provost Peter Stearns and Senior Vice President JJ Davis, presented a…
In a blog post last week, President Ángel Cabrera wrote about the changing relationship between public universities and the states that finance them. Cabrera presents some figures that show declining state support for universities who have had to find sources of revenue…